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Bacon, Not Bomb, Leads to Evacuation of Office

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WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) - The office of an Ohio congressman who has fought against pork barrel spending was evacuated over a suspicious package that turned out to be full of bacon.
     
Staff members at the office of House Minority Leader John Boehner became concerned Monday after finding an envelope leaking an oily substance. Police evacuated several buildings before determining the package postmarked from Georgia contained bacon.
     
A note was included with the bacon, but police didn't commenting on its contents.
     
Boehner was not in the office.
     
A spokeswoman says it's ironic someone would send Boehner bacon because he has spent his career fighting pork-barrel spending. He's one of the few members of Congress who shuns earmarks, those home-district projects sought by lawmakers.
     
However, the Republican has drawn criticism for voting for a $700 billion financial bailout bill that critics say was loaded with pork.

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